Flickering light in eye after Cataract surgery

hi Rady

I wonder if your eyes have improved?

i had surgery 2 years ago. i had conbined surgery to both eyes. I had a vitrectomy and cataract surger to my right eye and then two weeks later had the same to my left eye.    I still suffer dreadfully from flashing and flickering from all light sources.   the light effects me whether it is direct or indirect. any movement of my eyes cause these dreadful side effects of nausea, dizzyness, flashes and flickering and light sensitvity.   I have searche extensively for a diagnosis and there are two possiblilies either the implanted lense is slightly unstable or the ligh is ouncing off the edges of the implanted lenses.   Both solutions invilve further surgery.   Does anyone have any further news

I, too, have been suffering with a light-induced flickering in my eye post cataract surgery.  I have also come to realize that the flickering occurs whenever the eyeball moves (while exposed to light), and it is amazing how very often the eyeball moves.  It is as if the "edge" of the lens is catching the light and reflecting back into the eye. My surgery was performed three months ago and unfortunately the symptoms remain. I am wondering if we can find any common denominators among us who have these symptoms in an effort to try to understand why it has occured.  I had radial keratotomy performed about 30 years ago and the lens that was implanted was the Crystalens IOL.  Anyone else have RK and/or Crystalens? The surgeon who performed the cataract surgery said it might be occuring because of the RK scars and she has suggested implanting a piggyback (sulcus) lens under the Crystalens, adding that it may or may not help but would be worth a try. For many reasons I won't go into I will never go back to her again, so also looking for a second and possibly third opinion in the Seattle area.

Right eye cataract done 10-22-2015. Female 55 

from the day after surgery before I removed the patch I feel the brightest yellow burning in my eye

Diagionised on day 4 with Negative dysphotopsia and possibly positive dysphotopsia. Along with extreme pure light, jitteriness and flashing light all the time

this is enough to make you go crazy

on the bright side I had eye muscle surgery at the age of 5, and have never been able to see out of both eyes at the same time. And now with the right eye getting so much light it is allowing me to use that and see better with my left eye. So Stereovision after 50 years is quite beautiful, and confusing.  

I just wish the jiggling light and the blinding pure washed out contrasts would go away.  

Id find another doctor fast check the internet for patient reviews on doctors before you settle for one.    Find a specialist before you have no vision left. 

I have also experienced the flickering in one of my eyes after having cataract surgery this past summer.  The first eye was fine, but the second had a sort of strobe like flickering at the left side of vision, from the start.  Doc said it was not uncommon, but should go away in a few weeks.  Likely causes, either light catching the lens edge or movement in the retina post-surgery.  It didn't go away in three weeks, and was quite bothersome ... but it has finally gone away now, six months later, for the most part.

It appears to have been a problem with the retina.  One day, after some heavy physical exertion the previous day, I noticed a number of new "floaters" in my vision ... and the flickering was mostly gone. So the Doc figures that a small piece of my retina was loosened (causing the flickering), and then broke away (causing the floaters). Which would explain things.  The floaters have now substantially dissipated, which doesn't always happen by any means.  Apparently issues with the retina after eye surgery are more common with people who are near-sighted (like me).

So happy ending here, it seems.  Whew.  Lucky.  And with the new lenses I'm no longer near-sighted.  Very happy with the adjustment, which lets me see for distance while still being able to read, without needing glasses. These lenses are fixed, so the Doc hit the compensation levels just right for my every day use.  I do feel very lucky!

This forum has been helpful to me, just reading the experiences of others with these problems. Good luck to everyone, hope things progress well.

I was wondering you said this had happened after heavy physical exertion.  How many days after the surgery.   I'm just wondering if and when I should go back to the gym with the weight machines.  Its been 30 days since my surgery

This was months after the surgery I had in the summer.  The exertion was shoveling snow, actually. I didn't see an immediate effect from that, but the next day I was seeing floaters and not seeing as much flashing.  So it all seems like it may be related.  The floaters have subsequently dissipated, mostly, so it's worked out ok for me.  Seems like it could possibly have been a bad thing, for any of the retina to come loose, but it was just a very small bit of it, and no real ill effects so far. And no flickering light now, except for every now and then, very slightly. So I'm hoping things will stabilize as they are now.

A number of years before any cataract surgery I experienced terrible flashing from the corner of my left eye.  I couldn't remember doing anything out of the ordinary.  The doctor said that it was the vitreous ..(the jelly like substance in your eye) that had detached.  It did go away after a while.  I had some slight flashing in my eye after cataract surgery but it was nothing compared to the vitreous detaching.  

HI Rady,

I had cataract surgery on my left eye this past Tuesday, April 19, 2016.  I am having the same symptoms that you posted, flickering light in left corner.  I would like to know if your flickering has gone away and how long did it take?

Had combined surgery vitectomy and cataract) in both eyes 2 weeks apart and was disgnosed with pseudophacodenisis, this is minute movement of the implanted lens causing constant flickering of all light sources) it has persisted for over 2 years and is unlikely to improve. There are means of recording this but most specialist 'appear' to have no knowledge of this. Unfortunately even the great specialists who do measur the problem advise no further surgery so one has to learn to live with it

I have read all the entries on this thread and found that most say their ophthalmologists "have never heard this complaint." Same for me, from two eye doctors in our local practice. When I say flickering, they look like I made up the term. They say everything looks fine structurally, give it time. I am glad I found this discussion, where so many have reported the problem I am facing since bilateral cataract extraction and iol implant 2 months ago.